John Cowan is up to something interesting...

John Cowan is up to something interesting to do with XML schema languages. I wonder...

s/UDDI/WSIL/g

WSIL: if(when?) the centralised/RPC-centric model underlying UDDI collapses under its own weight, WSIL may pick up the pieces.

Killer application for SOAP

e-Suds is a killer application for SOAP if ever I saw one! That statement can work on at least two levels:-)

I hate namespaces

I hate namespaces. Me too. Rarely has such bad idea, been expressed in such a small spec. and implemented by such a wide range of people to the total detriment of the simplicity that is (was) XML!.

XDocs OS/2 Analogy

XDocs could be to Microsoft as OS/2 was to IBM?I dunno.

Python 2.2.2 Released

Python 2.2.2 released. Essentially a bug fix release but with an enhanced e-mail library.

E-business in the Enterprise newsletter: Talking the talk of e-Business

My first article for the E-business in the Enterprise Newsletter of ITWorld has appeared in the archives.

Talking the talk of E-business - a look at a linguistic model of e-Business conversations
known as the ASC Refererence Model. An interesting approach to flexible XML modelling, that is growing in popularity.

More on XDocs

More on XDocs on Robin Cover's site.

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A new role for PKI?. Issues certs to companies but get companies to vouch for their employees via for example SAML assertions. Interesting.